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Ryder System, Inc.

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1933

🚗 Transport

🛍️ eCommerce

Transport • eCommerce • Logistics

Ryder System, Inc. is a leading provider of supply chain, transportation, and fleet management solutions in North America. The company offers an extensive range of services, including logistics, e-commerce fulfillment, last-mile delivery, leasing and maintenance of commercial vehicles, and used truck sales. With a focus on optimizing supply chains and enhancing operational efficiencies, Ryder combines technology and data analytics to provide customized solutions for various industries such as automotive, consumer packaged goods, and healthcare. Ryder is committed to providing a seamless end-to-end experience for its customers, from warehousing and distribution to transportation and delivery.

📋 Description

• Lead IT pre-sales solutioning and RFI/RFP/RFQ response for new customer pursuits, including client requirement discovery, high-level WMS/TMS/integration/infrastructure solution design, technology presentations, architectural diagrams, solution documentation, and critical design parameter definition. • Develop IT cost models and pricing inputs in partnership with Finance and IT functional teams, estimating technology project costs, understanding capitalized costs and multi-year cost impacts, and ensuring timely, accurate, and competitive IT pricing for new business pursuits. • Coordinate cross-functional pursuit execution across Business Development, Operations/Engineering, Finance, WMS, TMS, Integration, Infrastructure, IT PM, Solution Delivery, and Account Management teams; support customer tech reviews/tours/demos as needed; manage multiple pursuits and priorities; and transition awarded work to launch/implementation teams. • Performs other duties as assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information technology, logistics, supply chain, business, or related field • 3 years or more of Technology-related supply chain industry experience with solution design for warehouse distribution and transportation management, including WMS and TMS capabilities • IT business development solutioning or similar/relevant experience, including RFI/RFP/RFQ bid response, IT cost model preparation, architectural diagrams, client presentations, and launch-team handoffs. • Ability to facilitate/translate client needs and objectives into requirements, project estimates, competitive IT solutions, and bid response materials. • Ability to develop/coordinate IT cost models and pricing inputs; understand IT cost drivers, capitalized costs, multi-year cost treatment, and how IT costs impact overall deal economics; partners with Finance. • Strong verbal, written, presentation, and meeting facilitation skills; able to present technology solutions and ask relevant operational/process questions. • Ability to lead through influence across IT functional teams, Business Development, Operations/Engineering, Finance, IT PM, Solution Delivery, and Account Management without direct supervisory authority. • Strong documentation skills for business requirements, solution scope, critical design parameters, data flows, architectural diagrams, and handoff materials. • Ability to manage multiple pursuits across verticals, set priorities, adapt to changing requirements, and meet urgent deadlines in a fast-paced environment. • Knowledge of supply chain technology solutions, including WMS, TMS, warehouse distribution, transportation management, integrations, infrastructure, and related IT components. • 3PL/4PL sales/pursuit process, including RFI/RFP/RFQ response, bid solutioning, customer technology reviews, pricing input reviews, and launch/IT PM transition. • Familiarity with warehouse systems/platforms such as SCALE, Active, or WMOS; warehouse automation concepts; MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.

🏖️ Benefits

• comprehensive health and welfare benefits • medical, prescription, dental, vision, life insurance and disability insurance options • paid time off for vacation, illness, bereavement, family and parental leave • tax-advantaged 401(k) retirement savings plan